Derek Hiebert works at the Center for Leadership Development with Western Seminary and teaches as an adjunct instructor. He lives in Boise, Idaho, with his wife and three daughters. In addition to writing, he enjoys watching movies with his family, and reading fiction and theology. Connect with him on Twitter: @derekhiebert.

Faith Coming of Age

In spite of our drive to speed up growth and reach the goal of faith, perhaps the real goal is to trust the process. Rather than an object to be controlled, we can enjoy the blessing of time as a gift.

Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One and the Escape from Reality

In Ready Player One, humanity longs for the inner self to be unshackled from captivity to a meaningless and confining real world.

Do Humans Dream of Empathic Robots? What a Blade Runner Can Teach Us about the Image of God

In the Philip K. Dick novel that inspired Blade Runner, empathy is what sets humans apart from androids.